The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation and the University of St. Thomas partner to establish The McNair Center for Free Enterprise and Entrepreneurship. Read more.

UST Athletes Recognized for Academic Excellence

At UST, 58 student-athletes maintain GPA's above 3.0, a feat recognized by the RRAC, which announed St. Thomas student-athletes had the highest cumulative GPA in the conference. Read more.

Bioinformatics Students Get Hands-On Research

Two UST bioinformatics students, were among a handful of students selected nationwide to participate in Baylor College of Medicine’s Summer Medical and Research Training program. Read more.

Students Present Biomass Research in Austria

Jennifer Hoang and Alyssa Mullery traveled to Vienna, Austria, to add their voice to the international conversation on biomass research. Read more.

Former Star Player Named Head Basketball Coach

Since his arrival at UST in 2008, Anthony Medina has been consciously building his career as a basketball coach. Now, Medina back at UST, this time as head coach instead of player. Read more.

Balancing Faith & Reason
The University of St. Thomas is a Catholic, liberal arts university that educates leaders in faith and character. We have 36 undergraduate and 18 graduate programs. St. Thomas continues the legacy of the Basilian Fathers, the order of priests who founded the University in 1947.

Ten pharmacy students from Chianan University of Pharmacy and Science located in Tainan, Taiwan, will spend two weeks in Houston for the 5th annual American & Global Studies Colloquium. The students arrived on July 18 and will immerse themselves in American and Texas culture through the efforts of UST’s Center for International Studies. A pillar of the University’s Taiwan Initiative, the AGSC Program has educated more than 100 Taiwan students about the United States since 2011.

This summer, the University of St. Thomas School of Education will be renamed the School of Education and Human Services. The school’s new name will reflect the increased academic programs that it offers. Education, Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC), and Criminology, Law, and Society (CLS ) share a common mission to serve the community in a direct and impactful way.

As business schools worldwide seek to find ways to better prepare graduates for the ethical challenges of the workplace, the University of St. Thomas Cameron School of Business offered unique insight at the Partners in Business Ethics Conference, hosted by the Leeds College of Business of the University of Colorado – Boulder in May.

The 37 students from the Carol and Odis Peavy School of Nursing 2017 cohort will begin their perioperative clinical rotations this July at Ben Taub Hospital and CHI St. Luke’s Health–Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center.

Learn more about UST's newest undergraduate degree, Criminology, Law and Society.

University of St. Thomas
The University of St. Thomas, dedicated to educating leaders of faith and character, is a private institution committed to the liberal arts and to the religious, ethical and intellectual tradition of Catholic higher education. St. Thomas is Houston’s only Catholic University and was founded by the Basilian Fathers in 1947.